Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.892830
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-2830-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'tar' package(s) announced via the DLA-2830-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'tar' package(s) announced via the DLA-2830-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: An infinite loop when --sparse is used with file shrinkage during read access was fixed in the GNU tar archiving utility. For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 1.29b-1.1+deb9u1. We recommend that you upgrade your tar packages. For the detailed security status of tar please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references] Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: [link moved to references] Affected Software/OS: 'tar' package(s) on Debian 9. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 1.9 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-20482 BugTraq ID: 106354 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106354 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-05 http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=c15c42ccd1e2377945fd0414eca1a49294bff454 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2018-12/msg00023.html https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18745431 https://twitter.com/thatcks/status/1076166645708668928 https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/TarFindingTruncateBug https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00023.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00025.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2019:1237 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00077.html
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